Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil After Rejecting Election
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[0:00] The hours that followed the presidential election in Brazil that saw Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva
[0:04] win a fourth term by a margin of 4,400,000 votes. His opponent, Flavio Bolsonaro, fled the
[0:09] country with his family.
[0:10] So it left everyone wondering, where in the world is Flavio Bolsonaro? Well, they landed in
[0:16] Miami on Wednesday. The US granted them visas. Felipe Pacheco, he is Bloomberg's Brazil country chief,
[0:21] and he joins us now with the latest. Felipe, thanks for for for sitting in with
[0:26] us. I have to ask you to just do a quick recap. Explain, you know, why
[0:30] he fled in the first place. And, yes, where is he at this point? Do we
[0:34] know?
[0:36] Lisa, good morning, and it's great to talk to you guys again. I don't know if
[0:39] you remember, but a few weeks ago, we were here talking about how all of the
[0:44] drama within Brazilian politics could make an amazing Netflix series. So everything just got a lot
[0:50] better after the week and then after actually what we saw with the results. Because, okay,
[0:54] Sunday, we did have a few issues when it comes to both candidates as for the
[1:01] voting hours to be extended by two hours. Then this was g